Category: Allaah (Azza wa Jal)

Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah: Lesson 03 : Point [4]
Dawud Burbank [Audio|English]

4.  ولا شيء يعجزه‏
And nothing renders Him incapable; 

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This is an affirmation of the perfection of His Power and Ability. Allaah the Most High said,

And He (Allaah) has full power over everything
(Sooratul-Maa.idah (5), aayah 120)

And Allaah was and is fully capable of everything
(Sooratul-Kahf (18), aayah 45)

He (Allaah) always was and is All-Knowing, All-Powerful
(Soorah Faatir (35), aayah 44)

And القَدِير (Al-Qadeer) means: the One who is extremely powerful. So His Power, He the Perfect and Most High, is such that there is nothing that can cause Him to be unable. Whenever He wants something He just says to it, “Be” and it is.

So this contains affirmation of the qudrah (قدرة – power and ability) of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, and it contains affirmation that His Power includes and covers everything.

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Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah : Lesson 05

 ولا يشبه الأنام‏ 

[10]    And He (Allaah) does not resemble the creation. 

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The Explanation – Point [10]

This is like the wording which has already preceded: “And there is nothing like Him.”[1] And the meaning of al-anaam (الأنام) is ‘the creation’.  So Allaah, the Perfect and Most High, is free of any resemblance to the creation.

There is nothing like Him and He is the All-Hearing the All-Seeing. (Sooratush–Shooraa (42), aayah 11)

And there is no equal for Him. (Sooratul-Ikhlaas (112), aayah 4)

So He, the Perfect, is free from resembling His creation.  And even though He has Names and Attributes which correspond to names and attributes of the creation in their wording and in their meaning, however, in their reality and in how they are, there is no resemblance between the two.

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Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah : Lesson 05

 لا تبلغه الأوهام ولا تدركه الأفهام‏

[9]  He is not reached by people’s conjecture nor can He be grasped by their understanding.  

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The Explanation – Point [9]

So, Allaah the One free of all imperfections and the Most High, cannot be encompassed; so Allaah is greater than everything, He the Perfect and Most High.

He (Allaah) knows whatever is in front of them and whatever is behind them and they do not comprehend Him with knowledge (Soorah TaaHaa (20), aayah 110)

So Allaah the One free of all imperfections, He is known; however, He is not comprehended and encompassed by that (their knowledge).  So, Allaah is greater than everything, so thoughts cannot imagine Him and it is not permissible for a person to say about Allaah except what He the Perfect said about Himself or what His Messenger `alayhis–salaatu was-salaam said about Him.

End of explanation of point [9]

At-Ta`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At–Tahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan hafizahullaah
Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah

Transcribed by Sideeqa Ali

Posted with kind permission from Dawud Burbank rahimahullaah

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Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah : Lesson 08

 ‏         {‏لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ‏}‏

[27]  {There is nothing like unto Him and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.}
(ash–Shooraa (42) aayah 11)

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The Explanation – Point [27]

This is a negation of tashbeeh – there being anything like Allaah, the One free of all imperfections. And the kaaf (in كمثله) is to emphasize the negation, like (as occurs in a different aayah):

وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ عَلِيمًا

…and Allaah is Sufficient as a Knower.  (Sooratun-Nisaa. (4), aayah 70)

In origin (it would usually be said): وكفى الله عليماً but the (extra) baa’ (in بالله) is for emphasis.

And nothing whatsoever resembles Him – not the angels, and not the Prophets, and not the Messengers, and not the beloved servants of Allaah, nor any created being.

وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ

…and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. (Sooratush–Shooraa (42), aayah 11)

So He called Himself As-Samee’ (the All-Hearing One) Al-Baseer (the All-Seeing One).

So the beginning of the aayah [1] contains a refutation of the Mushabbihah (those who liken Allaah to the Creation) and the end of it contains a refutation of the Mu`attilah (those who deny Allaah’s Attributes). And it indicates that affirming His Names and Attributes does not necessitate resemblance to the created beings. So the hearing and seeing of the created beings does not resemble the Hearing and Seeing of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.

End of explanation of point [27]

Footnotes:

[1] “There is nothing like Him…”

At-Ta`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At–Tahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan hafizahullaah
Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah

Transcribed by Sideeqa Ali

Posted with kind permission from Dawud Burbank rahimahullaah

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Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah : Lesson 08

[25] وكل أمر عليه يسير‏.

[25] And every affair is easy for Him (Allaah).

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The Explanation – Point [25]

His Affair, if He wills something, is just that He says to it, “Be!” and it is! (Soorah YaaSeen (36), aayah 82)

So He gives life and gives death, and He creates and gives provision, and He gives and He withholds and He gives life to the dead after they have passed away; and that is easy for Him, He the Perfect and Most High. Nothing is a burden for Him and nothing is difficult for Him, contrary to the creation; because things are a hardship (for the people) and some things he will be incapable of doing. As for Allaah, then nothing is difficult for Him.

The creation of you all and the resurrection of you all, is just like that of a single soul. (Soorah Luqmaan (31), aayah 28)[1]

End of explanation of point [25]

 Footnotes:

[1] Translator’s side point: In explanation of this aayah, the famous mufassir from the Taabi`een, Mujaahid rahimahullaah, said, “It is just that Allaah says, ‘Be!’ and it is! whether it is something (which is) a small amount or a great amount.”

At-Ta`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At–Tahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan hafizahullaah
Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah

Transcribed by Sideeqa Ali

Posted with kind permission from Dawud Burbank rahimahullaah

Listen to the Full Audio Series of Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah:
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Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah : Lesson 30

[118]    وهُوَ مُسْتَغْنٍ عَنِ العرشِ وما دُونَه.‏‏‏‏

[118]       And He (Allaah) has no need of the Throne and whatever is beneath it.

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The Explanation – Point [118]

Do not imagine that the meaning of His saying, He the Most High,

 And then He (Allaah) ascended upon the Throne  (Sooratul-A`raaf (7), aayah 54)

…is that He has need of the Throne just as someone from the creation would mount something from the creation. Rather, Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic ascended upon the Throne and He has no need of the Throne, nor of whatever is beneath the Throne.

All of the created beings are in total need of Allaah.

Allaah holds the heavens and the earth so that they do not fall away from their places; and if they moved away, then none besides Him could hold them. (Soorah Faatir (35), aayah 41)

So, He (Allaah) holds and supports the Throne and He holds and supports the heavens and He holds and supports the earth and all the created beings by His Power and His Might. So, they are in need of Him and He has no need of them, He the One free of all imperfections and the Most High.

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Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah : Lesson 03

[3] ولا شيء مثله‏‏

[3]  And there is nothing like Him. 

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The Explanation – Point [3]

This is taken from the saying of Allaah, the Most High,

There is nothing like Him (Allaah) (Sooratush–Shooraa (42), aayah 11)

And also, the saying of Allaah, the Most High,

And there is none equal or comparable to Him (Allaah) (Sooratul-Ikhlaas (112), aayah 4)

And His saying, the Most High,

So do not set up any rivals for Allaah (Sooratul-Baqarah (2), aayah 22)

Meaning: those who are alike or similar to Him.

And His saying, He the Most High,

Do you know of any namesake for Him (Allaah)? [1] (Soorah Maryam (19), aayah 65)

Meaning: anyone like Him – one who can share His Name, He the Perfect and Most High. So at-tamtheel (التمثيل – there being anyone like Him) and at-tashbeeh (التشبيه – there being anyone resembling Him), both of these are negated for Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.

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Aqeedah Tahawiyyah : Lesson 05

حي لا يموت

[Point #11]    He (Allaah) is the Living One who does not die.

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The Explanation – Point [11]

His Life is a complete and perfect life which does not suffer from any deficiency nor any sleep.

Allaah, none has the right to be worshipped except Him, the Ever-Living One, the Independent Sustainer of all.  Neither sleep nor slumber takes hold of Him. (Sooratul-Baqarah (2), aayah 255)

And place reliance upon the Ever-Living One Who does not die. (Sooratul-Furqaan (25), aayah 58)

So, He negates for Himself as-sinah (السِنة – slumber) and that means light sleep and (He negates for Himself) an-nawm (النوم) which is deep sleep.[1] And He negated for Himself al-mawt (الموت – death) because of the completeness and perfection of His Life, He the Perfect and Most High.[2]

And sleep and slumber and death, these are deficiencies in life and these are attributes to be found in the creation; and the life of the creation is deficient because he sleeps and he dies.

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